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WildPies chef Jo Barrett says eating pies made from feral animals will help the environment.

Star chef lifts the (pie) lid on Victoria’s feral animal problem

Award-winning chef Jo Barrett has cooked up a delicious way to rein in some of the state’s biggest environmental vandals.

  • Dani Valent

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The privately owned East Rockingham Waste-to-Energy plant under construction near Perth.

‘It’s shameful’: Judge demands companies front court in WA waste-to-energy plant ‘lock out’ row

A Federal Court judge has lashed the companies embroiled in a long-running stoush over East Rockingham’s trouble-plagued waste-to-energy plant, claiming they are wasting the court’s resources.

  • Jesinta Burton
Adam Liaw’s vegetable frittata.

How to save money by using the ingredients languishing in your pantry

Looking for an easy food budget win? Shop from the pantry and use up what’s already there with these thrifty tips.

  • Kimberley Gillan
Goterra’s chief executive Olympia Yarger, a former farmer who is combining robotics and black soldier fly larvae to turn food waste into livestock feed. The company launches its first Brisbane site at Howard Smith Wharves on Wednesday.

Hungry insect army to chomp through food waste at Howard Smith Wharves

A new trial at the restaurant precinct will see fly larvae convert up to 1.7 tonnes of food scraps daily into fertiliser and chook food.

  • Tony Moore
Winner of the Restaurant of the Year Award Chayse and Blayne Bertoncello from O.My at the Good Food Guide Awards ceremony at Melbourne’s Plaza Ballroom.

All the winners from The Age Good Food Guide 2024 awards

From the year’s top cafe to the restaurant of the year, here’s who scooped The Age Good Food Guide awards on October 30.

  • Good Food Guide reviewers
Zoe Birch at Greasy Zoes.

The finalists for The Age Good Food Guide Chef of the Year Award are revealed

Exploring almost-forgotten skills such as cheesemaking, butchery and distilling has helped take these five Victorian chefs to the top of their game.

  • Emma Breheny
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Parcs’ new chef Damien Neylon swings open the doors next week.

Popular low-waste city restaurant reopens this week – with a surprising new cooking appliance

In the best tradition of reduce, reuse, recycle, waste-watching restaurant Parcs opens again after a three-month break.

  • Dani Valent
King Charles looks on during his visit to a food bank in Milton Keynes, England in February.

‘Informed choices’: King Charles launches project to tackle food waste

The King’s first major personal project as monarch is an initiative aiming to bridge the gap between food waste and food need.

  • Victoria Ward
Australians waste 7.6 million tonnes of food every year, which equals about 312 kg per person. With this food waste comes money waste.

Six nifty food hacks to save money and reduce waste

Australians waste 7.6 million tonnes of food every year, which equals about 312 kilograms per person. With this food waste comes money waste.

  • Caterina Hrysomallis
A documentary can’t just be one-and-a-half hours of gags, says Big Deal director Craig Reucassel.

Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me

Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet, he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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